vowel (redirected from vowelless)

vow·el  (voul)

n.

1. A speech sound, such as () or (), created by the relatively free passage of breath through the larynx and oral cavity, usually forming the most prominent and central sound of a syllable.

2. A letter, such as a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y in the English alphabet, that represents a vowel.

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[Middle English vowelle, from Old French vouel, from Latin (littera) vclis, sounding (letter), from vx, vc-, voice; see wek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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vowel

Noun

a. a voiced speech sound made with the mouth open and the stream of breath unobstructed by the tongue, teeth, or lips, for example a or e

b. a letter representing this [Latin vocalis (littera), from vox voice]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vowel - a speech sound made with the vocal tract open vowel sound speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language ablaut - a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) diphthong - a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another schwa, shwa - a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables stem vowel, thematic vowel - a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel
	2.	vowel - a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" vowel point - a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel

Translations

vowel [ˈvauəl] n → vocal f

vowel [ˈvauəl] n → voyelle f

vowel [ˈvauəl] n → Vokal m

vowel [ˈvauəl] n → vocale f

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vowel

n vowel [ˈvauəl]

1 in English and many other languages, the letters a, e, i, o, u. klinker صائِت، حَرْف عِلَّه гласна буква samohláska vokal der Vokal φωνήεν vocal vokaal حرف صدا دار vokaali voyelle אוֹת תְנוּעָה स्वर samoglasnik, vokal magánhangzó huruf hidup sérhljóði vocale 母音字 모음자 balsė patskaņa burts vokal klinker vokal samogłoska vogal vocală гласная буква samohláska samoglasnik samoglasnik vokal เสียงสระ ünlü 元音字母 голосна буква حرف علت nguyên âm 元音字母

2 (also vowel sound) any of the sounds represented by these five letters or by y, or by combination of these with each other and/or w. vokaal حَرْف صَوْتي гласен звук samohláska vokallyd der Selbstlaut, Vokal-... φωνήεν vocal vokaalhäälik مصوت vokaali voyelle צְלִיל הַתנוּעָה स्वर samoglasnik magánhangzó suara hidup sérhljóð vocale 母音 모음 balsis patskanis vokal klinker vokal(lyd) samogłoska vogal vo­cală гласный звук samohláska samoglasnik samoglasnik vokalljud อักษรแทนเสียงสระ ünlüler 元音 голосний звук حرف علت کي آواز âm nguyên âm 元音